Iran’s Ministry of Science has finally put a halt to the rapid trend of forcing university professors into early retirement, announcing that pending retirements have been postponed for five years. Khabar-on-line reports that the ministry announcement comes after widespread criticism of the Ahmadinejad administration’s policy of removing numerous top university lecturers who were deemed […]
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Secular professors not wanted: Minister
Iran’s Minister of Science and Technology insists that Iranian universities want “no secular professors.” The Etemad daily reported on Tuesday that Science Minister Kamran Daneshjoo says: “Universities are where human power is trained proportionate to revolutionary values and ideals.” Therefore, secular professors cannot teach at universities.